Description: Two Union ships bombarded Fort Brooke on October 16 as
a diversion, while a landing party under Acting Master T.R. Harris disembarked
at Ballast Point and marched 14 miles to the Hillsborough River to capture
several steamers. Harris and his men surprised and captured the blockade
running steamer Scottish Chief and sloop Kate Dale. The Rebels destroyed
the steamer A.B. Noyes to preclude her capture. On its way back to the
ship, Harris’s force was surprised by a detachment of the garrison, causing
casualties.